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Sources say Tsai Ing-wen intends to meet McCarthy in the coming weeks, a move that may stoke tensions with Beijing and in the Taiwan strait
Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, plans to meet US House speaker Kevin McCarthy on a visit to the United States in coming weeks, according to sources speaking to the Reuters news agency.
The Financial Times first reported the plans to meet in California, a move that could replace the Republican speaker’s anticipated but sensitive trip to the democratically governed island claimed by China.

Qin’s harsh language appeared to defy predictions that China might abandon its aggressive “wolf warrior” diplomacy in favor of more moderate rhetoric ...

The chapter's roots go back to 2020, when AAPI professionals in the region wanted to better support each other and increase their sense of belonging.

The origins of the affirmative action debate arguably revolved around a racial binary of white and Black students. But the face of victimhood has now changed.

Temple in Taipei is believed to be the only Taoist site set up to revere rabbit god Tu’er Shen, a significant symbol for LGBTQI people in Taiwan and China
During a quiet mid-week afternoon on the eighth floor of an office building, A-wei is meditatively separating flower petals to make an offering to Tu’er Shen the rabbit god, a spiritual guardian of LGBTQI people.
The small Taoist temple where 24-year-old A-wei sits is a humble room with views across New Taipei city, made cosy by the smell of incense and the mews of two noisy cats.

The chapter's roots go back to 2020, when AAPI professionals in the region wanted to better support each other and increase their sense of belonging.

The spy balloon’s flight over U.S. territory was a very public display of China’s intelligence gathering, but the Chinese government has for decades been conducting a much less visible and possibly ...

US officials and outside experts think China is increasingly adopting tactics associated with Russia to spread its anti-American propaganda.

Move comes after allegations of Chinese interference in recent Canadian elections and amid mounting political pressure to push back against Beijing
Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has said he will appoint a special rapporteur to probe allegations of Chinese interference in recent elections amid to push back against Beijing and to maintain public confidence in democratic institutions.
“We believe deeply in the values of freedom, openness, and dialogue. These values are not universally shared by every government around the world,” Trudeau said at a press conference on Monday evening. “Indeed, I don’t know if in our lifetime, we’ve seen democracy in a more precarious place. Many state actors and non state actors want to foster instability here and elsewhere, to advance their own interests.

Australia's sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, is screening its portfolio for Chinese companies at risk of U.S. investment restrictions, its chairman said on Tuesday. The Biden administration ...

Also, Ukraine says it wants to strengthen its presence in Bakhmut.